Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
It's always too early to quit.
Wherever you are - be all there.
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.